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    Quote Originally Posted by Wittenden View Post
    None of these known to me.
    Ditto
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    here's the links for those wondering

    Cricketers Arms
    Staggs Bar (The Volunteer Arms)
    Wonston Arms
    The Chequers

    I've been in the Cricketers and didn't think it was that great but I can see how it would tick Camra boxes; I know of Staggs as its use of "return trays" (auto-vacs) brasses off a few English ex-pats in the Edinburgh Camra branch no end. I used to drive past the Wonston Arms occasionally when I worked in Basingstoke but never been in; Chequers Little Gransden? never heard of it not even when I lived in Hertfordshire (it's in Cambridgeshire apparently).

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    I'm pretty certain I've never been to any of them!

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldboots View Post
    Nul points pour moi.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldboots View Post
    ... Chequers Little Gransden? never heard of it not even when I lived in Hertfordshire (it's in Cambridgeshire apparently).
    Well, you'd struggle to hear from it in Herts, being as it is on the borders of Beds, Hunts and Cambs! Excellent little pub, with some very good beers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oldboots View Post
    here's the links for those wondering

    Cricketers Arms
    Staggs Bar (The Volunteer Arms)
    Wonston Arms
    The Chequers

    I've been in the Cricketers and didn't think it was that great but I can see how it would tick Camra boxes; I know of Staggs as its use of "return trays" (auto-vacs) brasses off a few English ex-pats in the Edinburgh Camra branch no end. I used to drive past the Wonston Arms occasionally when I worked in Basingstoke but never been in; Chequers Little Gransden? never heard of it not even when I lived in Hertfordshire (it's in Cambridgeshire apparently).
    The Wonston is now a wonderful pub, saved from closure by the community some three or four years ago, It was apparently a different beast in your Basingstoke days OB.
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    Been in The Fleece Inn It's not worthy IMO of the accolade. It's a village pub which I felt was awkward on my visit 23/06/2016 and 30/12/2012.

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    Its been a fantastic turnaround for this semi finalist. This was just three and a half years ago.
    Wonston arms april 2015.jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    Its been a fantastic turnaround for this semi finalist. This was just three and a half years ago.
    Wonston arms april 2015.jpg
    Wow!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    Its been a fantastic turnaround for this semi finalist. This was just three and a half years ago.
    Wonston arms april 2015.jpg
    Same story with the Cricketers which was a boarded up keg boozer in a run down area five years ago. No pub is a lost cause!

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